For more details about sports nutrition, training and motivation, visit http://visportsnutrition.ca<br /><br />Myth #1: Eating late at night will make you fat.<br /><br />Calories are calories regardless of when you eat them. There is no set time of day when your body decides it needs to store fat. If you normally eat 3 meals per day and then eat a large snack at night, that is the real problem. Regardless of when you eat that snack, it is extra calories you are taking in that your body does not need. Extra calories, extra energy your body stores as fat. <br />What if dinner is late or you are hungry before bed? Eat anyway to feed your body. There is no harm if you are balancing your calories over the entire day and not chewing down junk food.<br />Bottom Line: What you eat, and how much is far more important than when you eat it. Spread your food intake out over the entire day to maintain your energy level.<br /><br />A note of warning: Some studies that have been done on mice have shown that if you eat at an abnormal time based on your own body clock, you do run the risk of increasing in weight. An occasional snack at night based on an upset pattern to your day is not going to hurt you. Too many times a week might throw your body out of rhythm and cause weight issues. Listen to your body and keep on a consistent schedule to maintain a healthy weight.<br /><br />Sports nutrition has become an ever more important part of the training cycle of youth athletes. For more information on sports nutrition, training and motivation, visit our sites:<br />http://visportsnutrition.ca <br />http://visportsyouthtraining.com<br />http://bodybuilderforum.biz <br />We offer articles and resources designed to help educate youth athletes, their parents, teachers, trainers and coaches.
